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The 3rd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids, Michigan, between August 24 and November 28, 1861. Private James H. Robinson of Company B would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at a fight at Brownsville, Arkansas, on January 27, 1864. The regiment was mustered out of service on March 15, 1866.
The Michigan Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of volunteer cavalry during the latter half of the war. Composed primarily of the 1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry Regiments the Michigan Brigade fought in every major campaign of the Army of the Potomac from the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court ...
The Michigan Cavalry Brigade was created on December 12, 1862, at Washington, D.C. It originally consisted of the 5th, 6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry regiments, under the command of General Joseph T. Copeland.
Weir first served under General George Armstrong Custer during the American Civil War, and after the war continued serving under Custer's command up to the famous battle in 1876. During the Little Bighorn battle, Weir disobeyed orders to remain in a defensive position at Reno Hill and led a cavalry group that attempted to come to Custer's aid ...
Units and formations of the Union army by state or territory from Michigan in the American Civil War. Pages in category "Units and formations of the Union army from Michigan" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total.
Loyal Mountain Troopers: The Second and Third Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War. Maryville, Tennessee: Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society, 1992. Baggett, James Alex. Homegrown Yankees: Tennessee's Union Cavalry in the Civil War. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
The brigade consisted of two regiments, the 2nd Michigan and 3rd Michigan Cavalry. "Granger's 2nd Michigan Cavalry helped capture Point Pleasant, 12 miles southwest of New Madrid where the river could be blocked to prevent Confederate reinforcements coming up." [1] The regiment was mustered out of service on August 17, 1865.
The 3rd Michigan Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Private Michael Kane, 3rd Michigan Infantry, wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, 1864.